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#
# piped.icn, Get system command output
#
# Dedicated to the public domain
#
procedure main()
# start with an empty list
directory := []
# ls for UNIX, dir for other, assume Windows
command := if &features == "UNIX" then "ls" else "dir"
# open command in pipe mode
p := open(command, "p") | stop("Cannot open pipe for ", command)
# read in results and append to list
while put(directory, read(p))
# display the fifth entry, if there is one
write(\directory[5])
close(p)
end